People
People
Our Team
To truly create lasting impact, you need to apply the right minds to each business problem. We bring the right minds, not a crowd, and share our knowledge to deliver pragmatic solutions that build lasting impact, long after we’re gone.
With a wealth of experience and global knowledge, we design solutions that help you rethink the future. The Churchill team are carefully selected to bring the right mix of insights and specialist experience, without speaking in confusing acronyms and superlatives.
Leadership Team
David Prendiville
Partner
David is one of our founding Directors. David is known as one of WA’s foremost advisers in business transformation, corporate strategy and performance.
Todd Mairs
Partner
Todd is a founding Director of Churchill. Todd’s extensive experience across Europe, Asia and America have earned him a reputation as a leading advisor in strategic planning and customer management.
David Lynch
Partner
David is our resident expert on performance improvement. David has broad international experience, specialising in operating model transformation, business improvement and the use of technology as the catalyst for change.
Matthew Fahey
Partner
Matt heads up our digital transformation strategy and delivery work. Matt has led technology and transformation engagements from strategy definition, technology evaluation and selection to post-implementation review
Ian Rakich
Associate Director
With a focus on Utilities and Government clients, Ian brings more than 30 years experience in delivering enhanced business performance through business transformation and improvement projects across Australia, Asia-Pacific and Europe.
Patrick McKenna
Principal Consultant
Patrick’s uses a unique background in industry, operational transformation, and technology implementation to drive value realisation from complex, end-to-end value chains for organisations in the mining, energy, and manufacturing industries.
Lincoln Elliot
Principal Consultant
Linc is helping our clients develop the strategies, structures and systems needed to deliver a superior customer experience. He believes a customer centred culture is at the heart of every truly great business.
Nathan Carbone
Principal Consultant
Nathan specialises in digital strategy and transformation with key strengths in strategy development, process digitisation and data insights. Nathan has a proven track record in delivering bottom line impact.
Stuart Hestelow
Principal Consultant
Stuart has developed significant skills in joining the dots in a rapidly evolving technology landscape, bringing an extensive track record advising large scale complex organisations from strategy to execution on business and digital transformation programs.
Jessica Seares
Principal Consultant
Jessica specialises in defining and delivering large, complex strategy and business improvement programs. With 20 years’ experience in government, utilities and business, in Australia and the UK, Jessica works with clients to activate teams, co-design solutions and deliver impactful change.
Brendan Lannoye
Principal Consultant
Brendan has experience advising leading organisations across Australia and Europe. He leads our Intelligent Automation offering as well as advising clients on operating model, performance improvement, strategy, and supports project and change management deliveries.
Our Team
Aaron Ryder
Senior Manager
Aaron specialises in helping clients to think differently in developing growth, innovation, and sustainability strategies. Over the past decade, Aaron has worked with businesses to deliver new opportunities and implementation plans.
Bailey Banfield
Junior Consultant
Bailey is currently working part-time at Churchill around his professional AFL commitments for the Fremantle Dockers to gain experience in the industry. He is in his fifth year as an AFL player, and is focused on bringing that experience from the high-performance arena to assist clients to get the most out of themselves and their teams.
Ben Smith
Senior Manager
Ben is a driven procurement and supply consultant. He has experience in advising and supporting clients from multiple sectors in spend analytics, strategic sourcing, category management, contract performance and procurement operating model design.
Carl Robson
Senior Manager
Carl is an experienced digital transformation leader, with expertise in technology strategy development through to large-scale technology transformation. Carl has international experience in both the professional services and financial services industries, leading teams to deliver for both local and international organisations.
Christopher Burhan
Data Analyst
Christopher has a wide-ranging data backed experience from data analysis to algorithm development in several industries, including finance and automotive. With his experience in data modelling and analytics, he brings a different lens to articulate meaningful story in the form of data visualisation.
Claire Gillam
Receptionist & Administration Assistant
Claire works under the executive team to help manage Churchill personnel and provides executive support across various parts of the business.
David French
Senior Manager
David is a technology leader with extensive international experience. With expertise ranging from strategy development through to multi-year transformational programs, David has led technology delivery teams for both international and local organisations.
Dino Valentini
Senior Manager
Dino is an experienced technology leader specialising in project management office set-up, and strategy to execution optimisation.
Francois Dupeyroux
Senior Manager
François has a robust track record in developing technology-enabled transformation strategy, operating models, and continuous improvement programs. He has advised […]
Jane Lee
Senior Consultant
Jane has extensive experience in change management, process improvement and project delivery having worked across a range of sectors including Mining, Oil & Gas and Financial Services. Jane enjoys working with businesses to facilitate change across complex engagements having spent a majority of her career on technology transformation projects.
Jess Baldock
Senior Consultant
Jess has experience in performance improvement, change management and project delivery. As a Chartered Accountant with a background in audit, Jess has extensive knowledge in accounting, financial analysis, and quality assurance.
Joanna Yong
Consultant
Joanna is driven by challenges and enjoys tackling complex problems, she has experience in leading the planning, execution and reporting on audits. She has proficiency in financial statement analysis and project delivery, with experience across a range of industries including Mining, Technology and Financial Services.
Katelyn Prendiville
Sustainability Consultant
Katelyn is passionate about empowering businesses to lead the way in the transition to a more sustainable, future-fit society. With a background in marketing and communications in a variety of sectors, Katelyn brings a fresh approach to delivering authentic, best-in-class sustainability projects.
Kelsey Lang
Consultant
Kelsey has experience in enterprise risk and has assisted in internal audits within various industries. Prior to this, Kelsey spent three years in financial services, where she was a key contact for wealth management clients, she thrives in a team environment and is constantly looking to think critically when solving problems.
Leon Roberts
Manager
Leon specialises in Enterprise Technology based business transformation, having worked with global, multi-disciplinary teams on large-scale technology strategy and implementation projects from solution evaluation, architecture and design, through to build, test and go-live.
Mac Hanlin
Senior Consultant
Mac has experience in data analytics and visualisation and specialises in finding value for clients from numerous different types of data.
Mary Colangelo
Senior Consultant
Mary has strong knowledge in technology risk advisory, internal audits and enterprise risk management having worked across a range of industries including Government, Oil and Gas, manufacturing, mining and consumer sectors. She has experience in technology transformation projects and the design and implementation of corporate operating models.
Melanie Marai
Finance and Administration Manager
Melanie has extensive experience in Public Practice and administrative functions. Melanie also brings with her experience from her previous management role within a UK based company.
Oliver Tjeuw
Manager
Oliver has experience in strategy, performance improvement and change and project management delivery. Oliver has deep knowledge in financial analysis and audits, stemming from his previous roles and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Peter Dawson
Consultant
Peter Dawson Churchill Consultant has experience with financial statement analysis and project management.
Pratish Nichha
Consultant
Pratish is an experienced Supply Chain professional with a Warehousing and Logistics focus. He has previous experience in supporting, designing and delivering analytics, process improvement and system solutions for clients within the Telecommunications, FMCG, Logistics and Financial Services sectors.
Quenton Cornell
Consultant
Quenton has experience dealing with Enterprise Resourcing Planning software implementations for a range of organisations spanning higher education, retail and not for profit. Quenton brings experience from working around Australia with various small to large size organisations to improve their processes and deliver value through technological transformations.
Rebecca Davies
Senior Consultant
Rebecca’s experience spans multiple areas such as strategic planning, customer centric strategy operating model reviews and process improvement projects across a variety of industries. Rebecca also has strong change management experience across business transformation programs.
Rodney Nelson
Senior Manager
Rod is our resident expert on designing and implementing safety solutions. His professional services consulting knowledge is intermixed with deep industry experience in capital projects management, as well as production and maintenance operations.
Ronnie Walker
Senior Manager
Ronnie is a Digital Transformation Consultant and Programme & Project Manager specialising in delivering Enterprise Applications to small, medium and large-scale clients. He has over 20 years Management Consulting experience and deep international experience in business transformation with a focus on digital core. Ronnie has a background in Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures in ERP at both the buyer and seller side.
Samuel Richard
Consultant
Sam is a proven problem solver; adept at drawing actionable insights from data and presenting that information clearly. As a Chartered Accountant, with a background in audit and forensic accounting, Sam has a strong foundation in financial analysis and process improvement.
Vinny Gill
Data Analyst
Vinny is passionate about leveraging data science and AI to build the next-generation decision intelligence and create value for clients from data.